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Wi and Ho tied for sixth in Barbados

The Korean pair of Hur Suk-ho and Charlie Wi enjoyed a good start when they scored a five-under-par 66 in the opening round of the World Golf Championships – Barbados World Cup on Thursday.

Wi, the Maybank Malaysian Open winner, and partner Hur were solid despite the wet and windy conditions firing birdies on the first, third, seventh and eighth holes and with two more birdies against a lone bogey on the back nine, the duo completed their round in joint sixth spot in the fourball (better ball) format.

They were two strokes behind South Africa’s Rory Sabbatani and Richard Sterne together with Argentina’s Angel Cabrera and Andres Romero who set the pace after firing matching 64s at the Sandy Lane Resort's Country Club. Also tied at the top were Swedish pair of Henrik Stenson and Carl Pettersson.

With two bogeys against an equal number of bogeys, Singapore’s Mardan Mamat and Lam Chih Bnig were in lone 22nd position.

At the Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship, local talent Gavin Flint rose up to tied 26th place after a four-under-par 68 in the second round. Compatriot Terry Pilkadaris, who won the Brunei Open last year, and Brad Kennedy carded similar scores also in joint 26th spot with a two-day total of four-under-par 140.

The other Asian Tour players tied on 140 were Australia’s Unho Park who improved with a 69 and youngster Jarrod Lyle who stumbled to a 74.

South Australia’s Gary Simpson shot a 71 for joint 60th place.

It was disappointment for Adam Le Vesconte who missed the cut after a 73 together with Malaysia’s Danny Chia who struck a 74 for a 145 total, two strokes off the mark. Filipino Angelo Que shot a 74 and Lee Sung of Korea, who struggled with a 75, also failed to progress to the third round in tied 81st place alongside Scott Strange who shot his second straight 73. Andrew Buckle endured a sluggish 74 and it was similar for Lu Wei-lan when he scored a 73 on 147.

The others who missed the mark were Australia’s Kane Webber and Tony Carolan and New Zealander Mahal Pearce.

On the Sunshine Tour, Australian Simon Nash nailed four birdies against a lone bogey as he stood in joint sixth place at the Alfred Dunhill Championship. The 28-year-old was a mere one stroke behind Alessandro Tadini of Italy, England’s duo of Oliver Wilson and Phillip Archer and South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel and Wayne De Has who were all tied on top after carding similar 68s.

Asian Tour regular Des Terblanche was in tied 13th when he shot a 70 while Hendrik Buhrmann, who won the Aamby Valley Asian Masters in India in May, carded a 71 in joint 23rd place.

December 8, 2006